Stunning research from @EdmondMKwan on ctDNA in theranostics:
🧬Low ctDNA predicts better response with ¹⁷⁷Lu-PSMA-617 vs. cabazitaxel chemotherapy
⚠️PTEN alterations linked to worse outcomes on cabazitaxel
🧪ATM defects tied to favorable PSMA-617 results
🩻PET quantitative biomarkers (SUVmean) are additive
🌟We identify new candidate biomarkers for ¹⁷⁷Lu–PSMA-617 selection and ultimately expand the mCRPC predictive biomarker repertoire
Online at @NatureMedicine
https://t.co/WvEQS4ZWol
@ANZUPtrials #TheraP @MovemberAUS@PCFA
Support by @PCF_Science Challenge Award
@ResearchWyatt@AzadOncology@Prof_IanD
On the eve of #ASCO25, I am delighted to share results from the correlative analyses of the @ANZUPtrials phase II TheraP study, now published in @NatureMedicine. Massive effort supported by dedicated co-investigators, coordinators, patients & families from 11 study sites across Australia 🙏🏼 🧵1/10
https://t.co/86fjyozQ2Q
Here’s our @Nature paper on v deep whole-genome sequencing of serial ctDNA and met tissue. @cherberts1, Matti, Joonatan et al applied new methods to give fascinating insight into temporal #ProstateCancer clonal complexity and evolution of resistance. 1/7 https://t.co/xTqXwj83JP
Grateful to receive CIHR funds for work with co-leads @piet_ost, Kim Chi on the genomics of de novo metastatic PCa prior to treatment. It’s a potentially lethal disease state about which we have strikingly little data; h/t @sarahwng for this visualization of the challenge
Too many papers focus on the promise of liquid biopsy without recognizing the limitations. Here’s @cherberts1 and my take on how ctDNA fraction (tumor purity) and assay design combine to constrain what types of genomic alteration can be detected in ctDNA. https://t.co/mnhEZxFJDt
Congrats to compsci students @EmiliaCXY and @sarahwng for winning best basic science prize at our dept research day last week, officiated by @Chris_Barbieri1! Their work is all the more impressive as they are undergrads who have never benefitted from normal research immersion 👏
I am wearing #PlaidforDad in honor of my stylish and wise dad Monty, who died of #prostatecancer in 2015. He inspires my #prostatecancer research which is made possible by @ProstateCancerC . Please give generously. Retweets earn an extra $5 donation by Janssen.